SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/14/2013
8:22 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
The Lord Appeals to Jerusalem
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Isaiah
19:15-24
Message of the
verses: “15 Woe to those who deeply
hide their plans from the LORD, And whose deeds are done in a dark place, And
they say, "Who sees us?" or "Who knows us?" 16 You turn
things around! Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what
is made would say to its maker, "He did not make me"; Or what is
formed say to him who formed it, "He has no understanding"?
“17 Is it not yet just a little while
Before Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field, And the fertile field will
be considered as a forest? 18 On that day the deaf will hear words of a book, And out of their
gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see. 19 The afflicted also will
increase their gladness in the LORD, And the needy of mankind will rejoice in
the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the ruthless will come to an end
and the scorner will be finished, Indeed all who are intent on doing evil
will be cut off; 21 Who cause a person
to be indicted by a word, And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And
defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments. 22 Therefore thus says the
LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob shall
not now be ashamed, nor shall his face now turn pale; 23 But when he sees his
children, the work of My hands, in his midst, They will sanctify My name; Indeed, they will
sanctify the Holy One of Jacob And will stand in awe of the God of Israel. 24 “Those
who err in mind will know the truth, And those who criticize will accept
instruction.”
We are looking at the third “woe” in this section of
Isaiah (Chapters 28-31).
This section of Scripture has two part to it, but they do
blend together. In verses 15-16 we see
that the political rulers in Judah have a problem in trusting the Lord, but
would rather trust in other countries, like Egypt to help them in their
troubles with Assyria. Verse 16 is
telling us that these men were trying to tell God what to do, as the clay was
telling its maker how it wanted to be formed.
The Apostle Paul along with the prophet Jeremiah say this same thing,
along with Isaiah who will bring this point up two more times in his
writings.
Verses 17-24 speak of the Kingdom of our Lord and how
things will be much better, so much better, and Isaiah is trying to tell them
of their future, but they would not listen to him. God is in control, and as we look around at
our world today we as believers have to understand this truth. There is much turmoil going on in this world
today, especially in the Middle East. My
son while visiting me the other day told me that he heard on the radio, a
Christian station we listen to, that there are actually crucifixions going on
in Syria, as believers are being crucified for the cause of Christ. I checked this out on the internet and found
it to be true in both Syria and also in Egypt.
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: I know in my
heart that God is in control, but there are times when I see the awful things
going on around the world and in our country that I am angered at these
terrible things. I desire to trust the
Lord fully in all that is going on, knowing that He is the Alpha and Omega,
knows and controls the beginning to the end.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Trust the Lord in all things.
Memory verses for the
week: Review of 2 Peter 1:1-3
1 Simon Peter, bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the
righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the
knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3 Seeing that His divine power has
granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true
knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
Question: “Leviticus.”
Today’s Bible
Question: “Was the report that the Queen
of Sheba heard about Solomon true?
Answer in tomorrow’s SD.
9/14/2013 8:55 AM
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